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The Hobbit’s Jared Connon on filming New Zealand and working with Peter Jackson
Hobbits have returned to New Zealand. Jared Connon is once again working with Peter Jackson, this time as Supervising Location Manager on the Hobbit films. Connon talks to TLG from Wellington’s Stone Street Studios about New Zealand’s development as a…
Cannes Soirée Partner: Pure Scandinavia
Also partnering with us at the Cannes Lions Festival for The Location Guide Soirée will be Pure Scandinavia, an organisation that promotes and facilitates filming projects throughout Scandinavia. Formerly known as Scandinavia Shooting Club, Pure Scandinavia comprises commercial production houses…
Cannes Soirée Partner: Fresco Film
The Location Guide will be running a Soirée at the Cannes Lions Festival and one of our partners will be Spanish servicing company Fresco Film. This is a particularly special festival for Fresco as the company is celebrating its 40th…
Filming on location in France with Producer Daniel Thom
Daniel was born and educated in France and in England, and became a Location Manager for a French-Japanese production house in Paris in 1990. He set up Espe Productions in 1995 and produces TV commercials, TV movies and features in…
On location in north-east Florida with Location Manager Thomas Fallon
Thomas arrived in Florida in 1981 to work as a stage manager and lighting designer for The Alhambra Dinner Theatre. When the theatre was sold he made the leap to film as Location Manager on a CBS movie called The…
Black & Cameron uses 96-camera rig on location in China for Land Rover
Shanghai production company Black & Cameron has used a specialist 96-camera rig on location across China in a new commercial for Land Rover. Supplied by multi-camera array specialist Splice Boys, the rig had not been used before outside a studio…
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Everybody knows that the Euro 2012 football championship will take place in Ukraine and Poland. The infrastructure provided for the competition in both countries includes highways, bridges, high-speed trains and hotels. A lot of changes were made, especially in Ukraine,…
On location with globe-trotting Japanese producer Miki Kuretani
Miki began her filming career in the US as a freelance production co-ordinator. She moved back to Japan in 2001 and set up production company ifd in Tokyo, with support from filmmaker Reiko Yamamoto in the US. Ifd provides filming…
Filming on location around the world with producer Jeremy Barnes
Jeremy studied for an MA in film at the Royal College of Art in London and then started out in the industry as a runner. He gained the experience and knowledge he needed, and has now been producing commercials for…
Virgin Produced makes claim for first film shot on location at 35,000 feet
Richard Branson’s Virgin Produced production company is staking a claim for the first film to be produced at 35,000 feet. Departure Date is a 30-minute romance with Virgin branding that was filmed over 20 hours on flights between Los Angeles,…